Czech firefighters helping fight the blaze in Dadia National Park

Thirty Czech firefighters are helping Greek units to fight the blaze in Dadia National Park near the Turkish border, close to the town of Alexandrupoli. The past week has seen fresh outbreaks of wildfires in several places in Greece. The situation is reported to have improved in the Parnitha mountains near Athens, but firefighters are said to be fighting the hardest battle in Dadia, where 18 migrants burned to death in the blaze.